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England turn to Shearer for coaching dream team

McClaren to confirm heavyweight backroom staff after World Cup

From Matt Dickinson, Chief Football Correspondent in Baden-Baden

June 23 2006, 1:00am, The Times

ALAN SHEARER is in line for a high-profile return to the England camp in Steve McClaren’s backroom staff after the World Cup finals, as the new England head coach seeks to put together a team of respected, heavyweight advisers. The former England captain would join Terry Venables on the training ground.

Shearer is a man in demand, with a long-term commitment to Umbro, his boot manufacturer, and a role as sporting ambassador at Newcastle United. That part-time job will involve helping to attract new players and acting as the face of the club he represented for ten years until retiring in May.

But he is likely to find it impossible to resist the invitation to rejoin the international fold on top of those other positions.…